once upon a time

Meaning

1. Oxford94% of films

   used, especially at the beginning of stories, to mean'a long time in the past'

   Once upon a time, a single drop of sunlight fell from the heavens.

In the movies · 18

• Once upon a time, in a far away land calledIn the Heights2021
• Once upon a time, there were three little pigs.Minions2015
• Once upon a time, a single drop of sunlight fell from the heavens.Tangled2010
• Once upon a time…Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical2022
• Once upon a time...Kill Bill: Vol. 22004
• Once upon a time...Mary Poppins Returns2018
• Once upon a time.The Theory of Everything2014
• All right. Once upon a time...Seven Pounds2008

Learn it in full scenes

• Minions2015
  • Minions Can't Keep a Boss
  • Kevin Volunteers to Find a New Master
  • Minions Wreck a Department Store

From the same entry

• all at once
• at once
• for once
• going once, going twice, sold
• once again
• once a…, always a
• once and for all
• once bitten, twice shy
• once in a blue moon
• once in a while
• once or twice
• once too often

More idioms

• may as well do
• be on the go
• get the message
• take a chance
• be beside the point
• what do you expect
• how can you
• get wrong
• turn your back on
• on the right track
• one of these days
• been there done that